Improved washing-machine



AUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAWRENCE KEARNEY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

IMPRovl-:D WASHING-MACHINE.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,150, dated August27, 1861.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE KEARNEY, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Clothes- Washing Device; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a sidesectional View of my invention adjusted for use and taken in the line 5con, FiglZ; Fig. 2, a plan or top View of same; Fig. 3, a side View ofsame in a folded state.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a simple and portable deviceto aid in the manual operation of washing clothes, the device to be usedin connection with an ordinary wash-tub and so arranged that it may loecompactly folded when not required for use and stowed away in a smallcompass.

The invention consists in the employment or use of a swinging frameprovided with a iiuted or corrugated roller and attached to supportswhich are pivoted to an ordinary wash-board, all being arranged ashereinafter shown and described to effect the desired result.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents an ordinary wash-board, such as are used with a wash-tubfor rubbing clothes on by hand. To the lower part of the wash-board Athere are attached by pivotsaJ a two supports B B, which may be of anysuitable height. Between the upper parts of these supports B B aswinging frame C is hung by pivots Z) b. This frame is composed of twoside bars c c, connected by cross-bars d d, and D is a tinted roller,the journals e of which are fitted in the lower parts of the side bars dd. The roller D is allowed to turn freely in its bearings, and the frameC should work freely back and forth on the washboard ,and between thesupports B B, and the supports B B are allowed to work on the pivots dc, which connect them to the washboard. The supports B B are connectedby a cross-bar f.

All the parts above described may be of Wood, the pivots or bolts ofcourse being eX- cepted.

The implement :is used as follows: llt is placed in a wash-tub E, withthe wash-board A in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 1, and thetub is supplied with a requisite amount of water. The clothes are placedon the board A and subjected to the proper friction and rubbing by theroller D, which is passed back and forth over them by the 0perator. Theroller D is allowed to Work in contact with the clothes the whole lengthof the wash-board in consequence, of the support-s B working on theirpivots a a., and, if desired, the wash -board may be slightly curved;but that is not necessary, and will add considerably to the expense ofconstruction.

This device will greatly lessen the labor of washing clothes by hand andWithout inj uring the clothes in the least.

The operator maygraduate the pressure as may be required by bearing orpressing down on the frame O, and when the device is not required foruse it may be folded, as shown in Fig. 8,the frame C being adjustedbetween the supports B B and Athe wash-board A turned around in contactwith the cross-,bar f of the supports B B. Thus it will be seen that avery simple and efficient device is obtained for the desired purpose.

I do not claim, broadly, 'a fluted roller attached to a swinging framefor Washing clothes, for such devices have been used ona large scale andarranged in various Ways; but I am not aware that a tinted roller placedin a swinging frame has ever been used in connection with a wash-boardand attached thereto as herein shown.

I claim, therefore, as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thecombination of thewash-board A, supports B B, and swinging frame O,provided with the roller D, arranged as shown, to form a portable andnew and useful article for the purpose specified.

LAWRENCE KEARNEY. Witnesses: M. M. LIvING'rsoN,` J. F. BUCKLEY,

